Archival Data and Economic Pedagogy: Building Skills and Engagement in Undergraduate Classrooms
Teaching Exchange Rate Modeling with a Classroom Project (Nunes)
February 5, 2026From Cheating to Learning: AI Integration in Introductory Economics (Chin, lo, Kırşanlı, & Perry)
February 20, 2026This paper presents a teaching approach that integrates archival data into undergraduate economics instruction to build data literacy and foster critical thinking. Developed through a research project on British Mandate Palestine, the approach engages students in cleaning, interpreting, and analyzing historical datasets. Especially effective in introductory courses, the assignments support inclusive, hands-on learning and connect core economic concepts to broader questions of inequality, policy, and development. By embedding student contributions in a larger research initiative, the approach promotes collaboration, early exposure to research practices, and a deeper understanding of economics as a historically grounded social science.
by Moheb Zidan
Zidan, M. (2026). Archival Data and Economic Pedagogy: Building Skills and Engagement in Undergraduate Classrooms. Available online at Journal of Economics Teaching, DOI: 10.58311/jeconteach/8509f51e04c22af3cc2c3b5ce0fbe1a433aac4e9
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